Your Future

[AgnesIO]

Hey,

Just wondering, how planned are you for your future? I still have two years to go, yet I know exactly where I would like to go to university, and what I would like to do after that.

I would like to study Marketing at Hull, then go in to the Consumer Electronics industry. Seems weird that I already have a strong idea of what I plan to do in my future.

What do you wish to do?

[Hecktix]

I'm unsure, I used to be certain that I wanted to be a Clinical Psychologist however upon studying parts of clinical psychology as part of my degree I'm unsure I would enjoy it, it all sounds very heavy. It's interesting as as you develop in life things change, I've studied psychology in some format for almost 4 years now and for the first three I was more interested in the abnormal stuff, leading to me wanting to be a clinical psychologist however this past year I've enjoyed the developmental stuff more, which makes me wonder if I want to be an Educational Psychologist. I will most probably be some form of psychologist but i'll have to wait and see which route I choose, I've also considered counselling psychology too, as that's a little less heavy than full on clinical but we'll see.

[Inseriousity.]

lol like Oli I used to be certain. I wanted to be a teacher. I was going to get a degree, do my PGCE then go into teaching via that route. However, during A Level and parts of my uni course, I actually think I'd like doing research more. I've mentioned in the 'Common hobbies' thread that I love discovering or analysing the behaviour of people and also educational debates (what is it? how do we give people the best education? etc), I'd like to combine the two. Research into educational areas. I do think however that to do research, while you don't need the teaching element, it'd probably help to have that experience.

[lawrawrrr]

Off to uni next year, 3 year English and Creative Writing course, then a year's PGCE course, straight into teaching. Along the way... contacting publishing agents for my poems/books

[Hecktix]

lol like Oli I used to be certain. I wanted to be a teacher. I was going to get a degree, do my PGCE then go into teaching via that route. However, during A Level and parts of my uni course, I actually think I'd like doing research more. I've mentioned in the 'Common hobbies' thread that I love discovering or analysing the behaviour of people and also educational debates (what is it? how do we give people the best education? etc), I'd like to combine the two. Research into educational areas. I do think however that to do research, while you don't need the teaching element, it'd probably help to have that experience.

If I went down the educational psychology route I'd love to do educational research (kinda comes with the job), it's probably the side of me that's interested in abnormal psychology that suggest if I was to do educational research I'd do research into punishing/rewarding children in the educational environment and research into dealing with and labelling 'problem' children.

[dbgtz]

I have 2 things I might try and do, one more serious and one more of a fall back job, I think it will be. Basically I plan to do politics and computing in college which will lead to politics of some sort in university whilst possibly creating some indie games to get some money from self-teaching. However if I detest politics in college then I will probably do game development in uni. However I plan to self teach myself game development to potentially make some money out of it, and for fun. In fact I'm literally just looking for some good resources atm and plan to start self teaching after the exam period. However I realise this could all change. The only thing I fear with politics though is I don't have a flaming **** how you get into it.

[Nemo]

I pretty much know how im gonna spend my life. Finish college, get 3 As/A*s, hopefully get into oxford, if not another university (ive got all my choices planned ), study computer science there. Do well in that hopefully, and then get a job as a software engineer. Hopefully some internships and experience along the way also. Then spend the rest of my life havin fun in that. My mentor has said though thats it pretty easy to transition into finance though from software engineering, and the money is REALLY good (albeit it incredibly stressful), so i could just do that for a few years in my twenties, then just enjoy my life doing something i enjoy (software engineering) for the rest so ill have a good income as well as some money saved up for a few extras. Totally sorted mate.

[Inseriousity.]

If I went down the educational psychology route I'd love to do educational research (kinda comes with the job), it's probably the side of me that's interested in abnormal psychology that suggest if I was to do educational research I'd do research into punishing/rewarding children in the educational environment and research into dealing with and labelling 'problem' children.

Yes I'd be quite intrigued by labelling theory research too. I'd maybe take a step back and look at more philosophy of education rather than psychology but the two don't have to be seperate really.

[AgnesIO]

I pretty much know how im gonna spend my life. Finish college, get 3 As/A*s, hopefully get into oxford, if not another university (ive got all my choices planned ), study computer science there. Do well in that hopefully, and then get a job as a software engineer. Hopefully some internships and experience along the way also. Then spend the rest of my life havin fun in that. My mentor has said though thats it pretty easy to transition into finance though from software engineering, and the money is REALLY good (albeit it incredibly stressful), so i could just do that for a few years in my twenties, then just enjoy my life doing something i enjoy (software engineering) for the rest so ill have a good income as well as some money saved up for a few extras. Totally sorted mate.

You should get in if they listen to the coalition - they would be breaking rules if they didn't let every Asian in, in the world that applies haha

Good luck at getting in to Oxford though, I hope you get in Where would you like to go if you can't get in to Oxford?

[Nemo]

You should get in if they listen to the coalition - they would be breaking rules if they didn't let every Asian in, in the world that applies haha

Good luck at getting in to Oxford though, I hope you get in Where would you like to go if you can't get in to Oxford?

Haha, i dont mind this positive discrimination

Tyty. If i dont get in there then edinburgh would be my next highest choice, then either birmingham, south hampton and im not entirely sure on my 5th choice yet.